eReader case

My sewing machine is set up in the spare room in my flat. Sadly, the spare room has also become a dumping ground for every piece of junk that doesn't really have a proper place elsewhere in the flat. I'm currently in the process of clearing it out, but it's very slow going.

However, I have finally cleared the desk and made my sewing machine accessible again. To celebrate I made myself a case for my new eReader. I used this pattern, but made my own template rather than use the one that came with the patten. This naturally meant that I got the template wrong on the first attempt, (not enough seam allowance), and ended up with a very nice, but slightly too small pouch, which is currently keeping my whiteboard markers in one place.

Star Wars street art

Seen on the back of the Great Eastern Street NCP car park (corner of Curtain Road and Holywell Lane). They're made out of tiles.

Cake pops

This is a bit of a change from what I usually blog about, but I don't have any textile craft projects that I can write about at the moment and these came out looking so good that I wanted to share them! I made cake pops this weekend for a friend's birthday. They're basically lollipops made out of cake. I followed this video tutorial, but there are plenty of other sites with instructions for making them.

Entrelac

It's been hard to find some downtime to devote to craft projects this last month, but this weekend I started learning entrelac. I used this video from KnittingDaily and this post from KnittyOtter to show me the basics. The piece above is knitted with two separate colours and the diamonds are five stitches wide.

I've been meaning to learn this knitting technique for years. I love the effect, but progress is definitely slow and using separate colours means lots of ends to weave in, (I've been doing them as I go, which is why you can't see any in the photo).

Scaly gloves, second version

This is the second version of the wristwarmer pattern I'm working on. This was knitted in the round and is a larger size than the first one. Both patterns are typed up so I just need some people to test them for me now.

Ultimate trousers class at Sew Over It, part 2

My trousers are finished! Here they are, looking not that much different to the picture I posted in part 1:

Made 2013 at Morley Gallery

Entry: Free

I'm at Morley Gallery every other week these days, but I'm very neglectful when it comes to writing about the exhibitions. As soon as I walked into the Made 2013 show I knew I had to post something about it though.

The dress is even more incredible in person!

The show features student work from the Fashion, Film, Digital Design and Photography departments. The standard of work is incredibly high. If you're in the area between now and the 15th March then you should definitely stop by the gallery and admire it all. (More photos after the cut.)